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10-05-2005, 07:49 PM
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Wordsmith
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Australia
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What doctors shouldn't say
At my brief stay in the ER, I heard two things I never want to hear again if I'm in the hospital:
"That's weird."
AND
"What is that?"
Anything to add anyone?
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"Just remember, wherever you are, that's what time it is." - eggo
"I write in bed. Afterwards, I offer my laptop a cigarette." - Jolly McJollyson
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10-05-2005, 07:58 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Italy
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This is more just something that I find extremely annoying. You come in with a visible injury, say, a burn. They immediately prod it and ask "does this hurt"
of course it hurts!! |
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10-05-2005, 08:14 PM
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Wordsmith
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: New York
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Very frustrating are the stereotypical "Hmm... interesting..." mumbles that my doctor seems to enjoy using. I can never resist asking what the hell he's thinking, because he never asks.
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Ruthless comments encouraged!
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10-05-2005, 08:18 PM
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Ink Slinger
Join Date: Sep 2003
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My dentist calls grown men "Batman".
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A minifridge... The doll house of the alcoholic.
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10-05-2005, 08:49 PM
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Ink Slinger
Join Date: May 2005
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LOL! I definitely don't want to hear those things in the er or at the dentist (c'mon, Batman? Some people )
The strangest thing I ever heard at a hospital:
A week after we moved to Singapore I fell down the stairs and dislocated my ankle. My mom remembered that there was a hospital down the street, so she managed to drag me into the car and sped over to the er entrance of the hospital. An employee of the hospital briskly walked up, opened the passenger-side door an asked, "Valet parking?"
All we could do was blink in confusion.
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-- Jillian Barbarie
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10-05-2005, 08:49 PM
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Mentor
Join Date: Jul 2004
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How about, "I've never seen one of them before."
or
"We have a number of surgeons who would like to observe your procedure."
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10-05-2005, 08:53 PM
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Ink Slinger
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Hehe, "Open wide batman!"
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A minifridge... The doll house of the alcoholic.
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10-05-2005, 09:34 PM
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pliable
Join Date: Oct 2004
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"Drop your pants."
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10-05-2005, 10:03 PM
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Wordsmith
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Almost forgot:
"Now I'll just have a feel..."
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"I write in bed. Afterwards, I offer my laptop a cigarette." - Jolly McJollyson
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10-05-2005, 10:21 PM
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Ink Slinger
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Wow, this is off the scales!
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A minifridge... The doll house of the alcoholic.
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10-05-2005, 10:48 PM
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Writing Machine
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Ok, now that's good, son. Yes, mmm, very good. Ok, now turn your head and cough....
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10-05-2005, 10:50 PM
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pliable
Join Date: Oct 2004
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"It's just a little prick."
Even worse when it follows, "drop your pants."
Interpret as you will.
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10-05-2005, 10:51 PM
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Wordsmith
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Hmm. Let's try that again.
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"Just remember, wherever you are, that's what time it is." - eggo
"I write in bed. Afterwards, I offer my laptop a cigarette." - Jolly McJollyson
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10-05-2005, 10:52 PM
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Ink Slinger
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Oops! (in almost any situation involving Docs)
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*He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway) 
*Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? - Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)
*Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it - Moses Hadas
*He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know - Abraham Lincoln
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10-05-2005, 10:52 PM
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Writing Machine
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Excuse me, Nurse? I need your opinion on this.....
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